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Episode 25 - "THIS THAT THERE" T-shirt & Taking and Making 'Festivus' Your Own


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Join me, The Hopeful Humanist, for a blethering trite conversation about the apostrophe's demise, a "This, that, there ..." challenge and an invitation to take and make the invented, silly, post-modern tradition of 'Festivus' your own.  Check out the resources below:  

Videos:

1) Watch these clips of the Seinfeld episode called "The Strike" to learn more about "Festivus,"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX55AzGku5Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKdnqjnegEs

Festivus

 Books

1) Here is a great book (I borrowed it in audio form from my local library) about the history of the sitcom called "Seinfeld."

Seinfeldia - attached is the link to Amazon

https://www.amazon.ca/Seinfeldia-About-Nothing-Changed-Everything/dp/1476756104/ref=sr_1_1?crid=31EIJOCPZ1X8P&keywords=seinfeldia&qid=1575412624&sprefix=Seinfeldia%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1

2)Festivus: The Holiday for the rest of us - Again, I borrowed this book in audio form from the local library, but here is the link to

Amazonhttps://www.amazon.ca/Festivus-Holiday-Rest-Allen-Salkin/dp/0446540668/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=festivus+book&qid=1575412700&sr=8-3

To learn more about the apostrophe's demise go to the following link:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.5380932/apostrophe-protection-society-shuts-down-after-18-years-blaming-ignorance-and-laziness-1.5380935

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